Contract award notice
Results of the procurement procedure
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
HM Revenue and Customs
5th Floor West, Ralli Quays, 3 Stanley Street
Salford
M60 9LA
UK
Contact person: Joanne Sykes
Telephone: +44 3000587786
E-mail: joanne.sykes@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs
I.2) Joint procurement
The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Ministry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisions
I.5) Main activity
Other: direct and indirect taxes
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
GB-Salford: Market Industry Intelligence Reporting Tool.
Reference number: SR46280796
II.1.2) Main CPV code
79310000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) supported by the Valuation Office Agency and The Adjudicator's Office are tendering to acquire supplier(s) for the provision of a Market Industry Reporting Tool(s) to assist the Client in obtaining industry research intelligence and expert analysis in respect of trade sectors and consumer behaviours and forecasts. The requirement will be divided into two Lots — Lot 1, Trade sector expert analysis reporting tool; Lot 2, Understanding on the consumer landscape reporting tool.
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
Yes
II.1.7) Total value of the procurement
Value excluding VAT:
550 400.00
GBP
II.2) Description
Lot No: 1
II.2.1) Title
Trade sector expert analysis reporting tool
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72300000
79310000
73100000
79311400
79980000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
United Kingdom.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) supported by the Valuation Office Agency and The Adjudicator's Office are tendering to acquire supplier(s) for the provision of a Trade sector expert analysis reporting tool. HMRC requires UK (and overseas where available) information, data, industry reporting on trade sectors with expert analysis functionality. The tool must have the ability to: create HMRC specific sectors and run pre-defined and ad-hoc reports; over a broad range of UK industries (Overseas if available), making use of government industry classification (SIC codes — at 5 digit ‘class’ level); have a query tool enabling HMRC to search across the entire UK economy (Overseas if available) at the granular industry level; statistics, cost structure, levels, trends, risks, supply chain, external drivers, regional concentration; cover the subject — commodity; financial market; content types; corporate or industry type; economic; trends and analysis; international; political; sport and recreation.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Social, Environmental and Innovative Characteristics
/ Weighting: 2
Quality criterion: Service Requirements — Schedule A
/ Weighting: 53
Quality criterion: Contract Management Activity — Schedules B-J
/ Weighting: 3
Quality criterion: ICT Product Accessibility
/ Weighting: 2
Cost criterion: Cost Effectiveness
/ Weighting: 40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Note: The initial contract will be for 24 months, however provision will be included for the extension of the contract beyond the initial primary term for a further 12 months if required. The estimated value of the procurement includes the potential for an extension.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
Variant bids will be considered, provided that they meet specified minimum requirements and are submitted in addition to a ‘compliant bid’ or a primary tender based on the original specification of requirement.
Lot No: 2
II.2.1) Title
Understanding on the consumer landscape reporting tool
II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
72300000
79310000
73100000
79311400
79980000
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
United Kingdom.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) supported by the Valuation Office Agency and The Adjudicator's Office are tendering to acquire supplier(s) for the provision of an Understanding on the consumer landscape reporting tool. HMRC requires UK consumer (Including business to end consumer and business to business (known as B2B)) reporting tool, to provide analysis and performance forecasts. The reporting functionality required needs to provide an understanding of consumer attitudes and behaviours of the trade sector customers. The reports also need to include how they operate and/or the market they are in, helping to identify potential risks.
In addition to the above, the reporting tool must be able to provide a reporting tool functionality to provide strategic assessments of emerging trends to identify future risk areas to help understand a number of aspects, from revenue forecasts to threats and opportunities presented by consumers (end or B2B) to industry over coming period.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion: Social, Environmental and Innovative Characteristics
/ Weighting: 2
Quality criterion: Service Requirements — Schedule A
/ Weighting: 53
Quality criterion: Contract Management Activity — Schedules B-J
/ Weighting: 3
Quality criterion: ICT Product Accessibility
/ Weighting: 2
Cost criterion: Cost Effectiveness
/ Weighting: 40
II.2.11) Information about options
Options:
Yes
Description of options:
Note: The initial contract will be for 24 months, however provision will be included for the extension of the contract beyond the initial primary term for a further 12 months if required. The estimated value of the procurement includes the potential for an extension.
II.2.13) Information about European Union funds
The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds:
No
II.2.14) Additional information
Variant bids will be considered, provided that they meet specified minimum requirements and are submitted in addition to a ‘compliant bid’ or a primary tender based on the original specification of requirement.
Section IV: Procedure
IV.1) Description
IV.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
Yes
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure
Notice number in the OJ S:
2017/S 061-114225
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 1
Title: Trade sector expert analysis reporting tool
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
14/06/2017
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
IBIS World Limited
2nd Floor North, Artillery House, 11-19 Artillery Row
London
SW1P 1RT
UK
Telephone: +44 2072229898
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: https://ibisworld.co.uk/
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 330 000.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section V: Award of contract
Lot No: 2
Title: Understanding on the consumer landscape reporting tool
A contract/lot is awarded:
Yes
V.2 Award of contract
V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
14/06/2017
V.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 2
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators:
No
V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Mintel Group Limited
11 Pilgrim Street
London
EC4V 6RN
UK
Telephone: +44 2076064533
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
URL: http://www.mintel.com/
The contractor is an SME:
Yes
V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Total value of the contract/lot:
: 220 400.00
GBP
V.2.5) Information about subcontracting
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.3) Additional information
To view this notice, please click here:
https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=265695308
GO Reference: GO-201773-PRO-10561748.
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
HM Revenue and Customs
Commercial Directorate, 5th Floor West, Ralli Quays, 3 Stanley Street
Salford
M60 9LA
UK
Telephone: +44 3000587786
E-mail: services.professional@hmrc.gsi.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-revenue-customs
VI.4.3) Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
HMRC will incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period at the time the award of the contract is communicated to tenderers. This period allows unsuccessful tenderers to seek further debriefing from the contracting authority before the contract is entered into. Such additional information should be requested from the address at I.1. Where a contract has not been entered into, the Court may order the setting aside of the award decision or order the Authority to amend any document and may award damages. If the contract has been entered into, the Court may only award damages.
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
03/07/2017